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Socks

I cut out a pair of bias-cut socks today. These are from a piece of leftover orange twill fabric I have had for about 20 years. I had made a pair of bias cut socks out of the fabric many years ago, using a Norwegian folk pattern I found in an old CIBA review. I made naalbinding toe caps for them, and wore them for quite a while, but somehow they disappeared. Today’s pair is basically two rectangles cut on the bias, with a triangual piece at one end of each rectangle. I will sew the rectangles into tubes, with seams up the bakc of my legs and the triangular flap hanging over the top of my foot. Once that is done, I will cut out a pair of soles (possibly using the patterns made for my viking age shoes), and stitch them to the socks. I could wear them with my black and red garters, or I could try tablet weaving or finger weaving more garters.